Video: Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag Wii U/PS3 comparison

This is a video comparing Wiiu and PS3 versions of ACIV.

[vishmarx]

wii u is nex gen .
not fair lol

[windblowsagain]

Looks the same.

I wouldn't call the Wii u next gen.

[leemass24]

i suggest you watch the ps3 ps4 comparison and you will see all versions arnt really that far apart ps4 just has better resolution n effects and draw distance but graphics just look slightly better so by your logic the ps4 isnt next gen either?

[Concertoine]

Certainly isnt when you look at a port from current gen

[mistertwoturbo]

The ps4 version has much sharper textures, +125% resolution, better effects and runs 60fps. The graphics arent "slightly" better, its moderately better. Well worth the upgrade IMO.

[Nitrowolf2]

@Lee
really?
Sure I guess when u are sitting far away, the only difference is really coloring, but the PS4 has way sharper texture, FPS, and other things apart from the resolution.

[vishmarx]

whoever said wii u looks better. im just saying we should put it up against ps4

[InTheLab]

@Leemass24

So aside from all the things that make the PS4 version look next gen, they're basically the same....

Seems Legit

[Shnazzyone]

look for the lighting effects from the lightning and the draw distance out to sea. PS3 gets blurry at some point. Wii U looks crisp.

[MasterCornholio]

If Wii U is next gen then we should compare it to other next gen consoles like the PS4 and Xbox One.

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[R00bot]

Why was there a PS3 vs 4 comparison then?

There probably is a Wii U vs PS4 comparison out there somewhere. Maybe.

[ZBlacktt]

Hard to watch when it's story spoiler related... :( clicked away at 31 seconds. Must....wait...two...more..... .weeks. :(

[stragomccloud]

This is literally the very very beginning of the game. So it's safe to watch. As in they started the game right from the start to record these.

[mistertwoturbo]

Not seeing any difference

[MasterCornholio]

Looks the same. The main difference that I see with the PS4 version and the PS3 is the increase in resolution, texture quality, water, 3D plants and the rain and fog effects. I'm guessing that the Wii U version is in between the PS3 and PS4 version but this video doesn't really show that.

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[Concertoine]

But why would ubisoft put effort into it at this point?
I think it's just a port. Hell the ps4 version doesnt even look all that great. You can tell the current gen versions were put first.

[Chrischi1988]

There is just much more money in current gen and I think it is funny, that so many people think, that PS4 will be a super moneymilking machine for third parties, even if the current gen still competes. The real game start, when current gen really ends.

But if a Wii U port doenst look super great, it isnt next gen, but here the port argument counts for PS4?

[Concertoine]

No that argument exists for all next gen consoles.
I can tell ubisoft didnt utilize the wii u's power whatsoever, as they never have.

[d3nworth1]

Pretty much identical. Maybe there will be a difference in performance. They had to use the Wii U extra ram for something.

[leemass24]

also the wiiu version is a bigger download size so there must be more improvements as i doubt gamepad functions would add gigs of extra information. but i agree must of used some of the extra ram other wise whats the point in maken ps4 version better (because of hardware) but not the wii u wouldnt make sense to me.

[mistertwoturbo]

I'm going to assume it will have higher res textures since it does have more RAM.

[DoomeDx]

Textures are stored in vRam. not RAM.

[mistertwoturbo]

^You're thinking in PC terms. The Wii U doesn't have VRAM in the same sense. It just has 2GB of RAM that is used by both the CPU and GPU and is shared. 1GB is dedicated to the OS and the other 1GB is dedicated to games.

[Chrischi1988]

And Edram, which the Wii U has reportedly 38MB, but you need only 18MB for Full HD rendering and people think, the unknown parts of Wii U could also be another 32MB of Edram.

[leemass24]

mistertwoturbo. now you see my point evryone is saying there isnt much difference in this video but in the ps console comparsons there isnt much difference there either but we both know the only way to see the real difference is to actually see the game upfront, video comparisons especially from youtube shouldnt really be used because fanboys take then as fact despite the lack of quality and 30fps on youtube.

[leemass24]

sigh again i give up see what you want people but using youtube as your comparison for platforms yer good luck with that......

[mistertwoturbo]

Yes I agree that Youtube video qualities are not representative of the actual quality of what we see directly.

In terms of graphics I'm going to put it like this

PC>PS4>X1>WiiU>PS 3=360

[neogeo]

This game is out for many systems. Just simple ports in the fastest way possible

[Imonaboat1]

Yoitube doesnt do any justice in terms of graphics. You must must watch the thing on a real TV and then you can compare.

I remember watching a video comparision of pc vs consoles version ... I didnt think there was much of a difference until a friend showed me Battlefield 3 on his pc. The difference was mindblowing. The same applies for PS3/X360/Wiiu and PS4/Xbone Cross gen games.

[leemass24]

as i said above your totally rite youtube should not be used for comparisons. doesnt do any console justice.

[InTheLab]

Both clearly look last gen...

[7uff1]

You people see no big diference because the next gen engine Ubisoft used is only compatible with the PS4/Xbox One, so Wii U is lacking the volumetric fog, rain effects, vegetation, etc, and honestly, it doesn't look that different. But it is clearly doable on the Wii U, here is the proof(video).

Also, Wii U is native 1080p.

[Qrphe]

> Wii U is native 1080p.

Nice source

[7uff1]

Wrong info, sorry, it's not native 1080p, but upscaled from 720p.

[herbs]

The difference here is likely the same as NFS most wanted. All textures are HD as opposed to variable on current gen, slightly better draw distance and maybe better lighting with less torn frames. The average gamer will not be able to tell and nobody will be able to tell from a low quality youtube video. The game is bigger on the Wii U so there are obviously some minor improvements and optimization going on but to bad the frame rate is basically the same as current gen that would actually be a noticable improvement.

[R00bot]

How big is it on both systems?

I downloaded AC III last night on the Wii U and it was a whopping 21 gigabyte download (with update data).
On the PS3 it's around 11.4 gigabytes, so there must be some improvements in there?
I haven't noticed them, but the game is almost double the size so they must be there.

[Chrischi1988]

It is funny and so stupid, that people still believe, that a 4 stage pipeline tri-core doesnt outperform a cell processor by far. But you gotta hate, what you gotta hate.

[Locknuts]

The improvement on Wii U is so small that I can only just notice it on my PC monitor. Sitting 3m from my TV I won't see it at all.

[NightStalker33]

A cross-gen game is still cross gen. As great as the game looks on all systems, we won't get a good idea of a wii u's potential until either a 1st party game comes out to take advantage of the substantial amount of EDRAM available, or a 3rd party game puts in full effort, which won't happen until the user base goes up.

Heck, even the PS3/PS4 comparison shows tiny differences, while killzone shows a massive jump in visuals compared to last gen games.

On a side note, never use youtube to do comparisons. Even at 1080p, streaming video is not the same as seeing it directly.